A new poetry book available on Smashwords!
The first anthology of my work The Vault is available for purchase!!
You can find it here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/365167
Will you be the first one to buy it?
I want to thank my entire blog community for inspiring me and encouraging me along the way!
I also want to give a big thank you to Laura Lords for all of her help with designing the cover, I
think it turned out beautifully!
Cheers and continued success to you all!
Jennifer David
My friend, John W. Howell, is a funny man and made a post today about what not to do when on a movie date. I got to thinking about my movie pet peeves. So, upon request, I’m going to make a silly list:
Waldorf and Statler
Raiden from Metal Gear Solid Series. (Crime of not being Solid Snake.)
For those that don’t know the story behind Raiden: There is a popular video game series called Metal Gear Solid. My friend is big into this series, so he knows more than me. I do know that the main character of the first Metal Gear Solid was Solid Snake (codename, of course) and they changed things in Metal Gear Solid 2. The change was that you played as Snake for a bit in the beginning and then you play the main game as Raiden. People didn’t really expect this and Raiden got destroyed because he was the effeminate male hero instead of the grizzled macho hero like Snake. Basically, he was to step in as the new hero and failed because people didn’t want him. I believe something similar happened when they tried to make Gohan the main hero of Dragonball Z instead of his father, Goku.
For long series, this seems to happen because the main hero has ended his story. There is typically a transition period where the new hero works with the old one and you have a passing of the torch. If I learned anything from playing MGS2, it’s that you don’t just hurl a new hero into a series without easing people into him. The character has to earn the role of being the new hero. So, it’s entirely possible to successfully do something like this if you plan ahead and prepare your audience.
There are some shows that I’ve seen where the first hero is killed off and a new one is brought in. Off the top of my head, I’m thinking of Primeval and I was iffy on such a change. You have character loyalty, so you’ll lose some people using this method. It can help to upgrade a secondary character to the main hero status, but you need to lay the groundwork for this. Although, there is the possibility of making the new guy struggle with trying to live up to the former hero’s reputation.
Aside from the above suggestions, I think the following can help:
So, what do people think of a book, movie, video game, or television series that changes the main hero?
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Vash and Wolfwood from Trigun
Simple post really. Greg (Badass) and me (Blade) want to do a fun post next Saturday. To explain us:
Greg and I were college roommates for our freshman year and nearly killed each other for matters best left to a court of law. That being said, people have mistaken us for childhood friends because of our ability to drag each other into the pits of immaturity. I blame Hathaway and he blames pants. We talk a lot with in-jokes, Futurama quotes, and random phrases we’ve grabbed along the way.
Now, we both became part of a faux fraternity called Phi Beta . . . Booty. Greg and two of our friends were the original founders. I joined an hour afterward because I was at class when they came up with the idea. Either at class, playing D&D, or begging to be let into the cafeteria because I missed lunch. Anyway, this is where a lot of our comedy comes from and our nicknames such as Badass and Blade. He’s badass and I had several swords hidden around my room.
So, we want to bring our comedy to you next Saturday. It’s rare that we get together, so it’s a present for our zeroes of fans. Ask away and we’ll see what we can do. As usual, Greg and I expect this to go horribly wrong because nothing we ever plan goes right. Seriously, we fucked up killing a moth with rolled up magazines. Both swung and woke up a few minutes later on the floor. Questions?
Myself (fatter), Greg, and Mock Violence
This is going to be a busy leading into another busy week. So, I’m working on scheduling my posts for the next two weeks by the end of the weekend. I’m stumped on a week from this Tuesday and beyond.
Why will it be so busy? Friday is the wife’s birthday, so we’re having a gathering. So far, only the crazy man you see above is coming. That’s the infamous Greg and expect a Phi Beta Blog post next Saturday done by the two of us. I’ll make a post later today asking for questions that we can use for comedy. Barring that, we’ll pick a random topic and make a skit. It’ll be Phi Beta Badass (Greg) and Phi Beta Blade (Me) up to our old shenanigans. And by old I mean our brittle old man hips will be in danger. Anyway, Greg arrives Friday afternoon and Saturday is the day of celebration. I won’t be on much beyond doing a little book promotion. After all, if I don’t do it, who will?
The week after is when my parents are going to be away, but I keep hearing a ‘we might not go’ thing right now. If they go then I’m home alone with the toddler on Columbus Day and I only have mornings and early afternoons for the rest of the week after that. So, I’ll need to push on the editing while doing the cooking and cleaning too. My blogging might slip down to quick ‘likes’ and simple comments. Unfortunately, my iPhone never shows me when I get a response to a comment on another person’s blog, which means I might not be responding until the evening. Again, I’ll be using what little time I have for book promotion.
Here’s the to-do list:
That’s pretty much it. I’ll be a basket case for a while. Probably get worse the closer I get to Halloween because I’m still hoping to debut my third book then. May be cutting it close.
First post of Read Tuesday. All authors should take a look at this.
Original posted on The Community Storyboard. Check it out and submit your writing.
Is it the weather?
That sinks me into gloom.
Head aching
Against the stormy sky
Making me feel lone
Is it those I meet?
Too happy for my nature
Or feeding my darkness
Blinding me with light
Or dragging me to misery
Is it life?
Eating at my edges
Until the nerves are raw
Exposing me to pain
That always seeps back in
